Regional Weather View. It will be cool and dry and quite for once region wide for most the Upper Midwest, with the only chance at precip being in Iowa where rain/snow is possible. Temperatures will be quite a bit cooler then last week with highs only making it into the mid 30s in MN/WI to …
Iowa Forecast Video 3/24/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w088QJmygA&hl=en&fs=1] BELOW AVG: Get Ready for several days, possibly a week of below average temperatures. Typically highs are in the upper 40s to mid 50s across the state this time of year, but over the next few days highs will be between 6-12° below that with lows in the 20s and lower 30s (with …
March 23rd Spring Snowstorm- Superior,WI trip
March 24th 2011 storm-Superior Lighthouse on Wisconsin Point. My and a friend of mine Dirk Miller of Dirks Forecasting Center, decided to take up a rare opportunity to see Lake Superior waves from a strong storms system that was expected to hit the area with strong winds and snow. I departed from Clayton Tuesday Morning …
Major spring snowstorm with high snowfall accumulations hits the area. Area wide bright lightning seen! Many car accidents, with lots of cancellations
A view from Wednesdays spring snowstorm March 24th 2011 Yet another strong storm system brought another major snow storm to parts of the local area in what seemed to be a never ending winter in Western Wisconsin! The storm brought with it everything from strong winds to blinding heavy snow and high snowfall accumulations, to …
River Flooding 2011 Update #2
New Flood Warnings were issued earlier today for the Mississippi River all the way to Burlington. The current river flood warnings are as follows, West Fork Des Moines River at Humboldt Cedar River at Janesville Cedar River at Cedar Falls Cedar River at Waterloo Shell Rock River at Shell Rock West Fork Des Moines River …
Confirmed EF2 Tornado in Madison County
…FINAL DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR NORTHWEST MADISON COUNTY… …EF2 TORNADO DAMAGE ASSESSED… THE FOLLOWING IS A FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED OVER MADISON COUNTY ON MARCH 22ND. * EVENT DATE: MARCH 22ND * ESTIMATED START TIME: 6:15 PM CDT * EVENT TYPE: EF2 TORNADO * EVENT LOCATION: 7 MILES NORTH WEST OF WINTERSET …
Survey on Massena Tornado
From the NWS in Des Moines… …FINAL DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR 3 1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MASSENA… …LOW-END EF-1 TORNADO… THE FOLLOWING IS A FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED OVER 3 1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MASSENA ON MARCH 22 2011. * EVENT DATE: MARCH 22 2011. * ESTIMATED START TIME: 530 PM. * …
Iowa Forecast Video 3/23/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVIRupi9R9s&hl=en&fs=1] SVR ROUNDUP: Several reports of tornadoes with at least one confirmed with damage in Harrison County (see earlier post) and several others with video confirmation. More on intensity and path and length will come later today. WHITE STUFF: Odd to be talking about snow chances after having a severe weather outbreak, but then …
Spring River Flooding 3/23/2011
Here are the current rivers that are under river flood warnings at this time. West Fork Des Moines River at Humboldt West Fork Des Moines River at Emmetsburg Cedar River at Cedar Falls Cedar River at Waterloo Winnebago River at Mason City Wapsipinicon River near De Witt Shell Rock River at Shell Rock West Fork …
Tornado Damage Confirmed in Harrison County
A SURVEY TEAM DID A PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OF THE TORNADO THAT MOVED ACROSS PARTS OF HARRISON COUNTY IOWA LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AN ABBREVIATED SUMMARY INDICATES THAT THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN A FEW MILES EAST OF MISSOURI VALLEY AND TRACKED NORTHEAST. DAMAGE WAS CONFIRMED 6 MILES SOUTH OF LOGAN. IT APPEARS THAT THE TORNADO …